SPRING
Samantha Ponting
“I was born and lived more than half my life in Lepanto, the location of the Lepanto Consolidated mine,” said Chandu Claver, an Indigenous land defender, in a recorded presentation ...
GuapinolResiste
After finding that the detention of the eight Guapinol defenders imprisoned for more than 17and 26 months is arbitrary, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention urges the Government ...
... was supposed to be a breath of fresh air. But there has been far more continuity than change since Trudeau replaced Harper. While Trudeau and his party might pay lip service to environmental and labor ...
... millions out of work.
The Philippines is one of the world's biggest suppliers of nickel ore and is also rich in copper and gold, but Duterte said less than five percent of the country's mineral reserves ...
... than a year since the company’s request for FTAA renewal was forwarded to the Office of the President.
In December last year, the government finally re-started the negotiations on OceanaGold’s FTAA renewal, ...
... strategy debates, and breakthroughs of their more than decade-long campaign. The book is an environmentalist playbook, a how-to guide for activists seeking to defeat a power structure that is rigged in ...
Terra Justa
The mining giant's activities in Latin America and how they demonstrate the need for a binding instrument on Business and Human Rights.
In June 2020, a statement signed by more than 200 ...
... write, “there was more to Sáenz Lacalle than Opus Dei. The archbishop held a degree in chemistry. He knew well the toxic impact of cyanide. And with that knowledge, he did a 180-degree flip on mining.” ...
... a contest of right versus left than right versus wrong—an idea that’s also central to the Reverend William J. Barber II and the Poor People’s Campaign in this country. Yes, the left-wing FMLN party—especially ...
The State
Sammy
The reality of living near a gold mine is a worrisome thing, says Angel Estridge, whose family owns property less than a mile from a pond full of nasty mining waste.
She fears that ...
... deadly chemical used in the mining process.
The Haile Gold Mine, which stands to produce more than $2 billion in gold and silver from the mine expansion, has broken a federal wastewater law twice since ...
... than 50% of the water to the country. And for them, as for water defenders, in many other countries, water is life. Water is more precious than gold. So a group of water defenders from all over the country ...
... tried to improperly influence decision makers.”
“The Canadian government’s decision to go to court rather than disclose this additional information raises the question: what else did it do to support ...
... them, had become muddied.
By August 1, 2018, the community established an encampment that blocked the construction of the access road.
Then on October 27, 2018, more than 1,500 police officers and ...
... pollution-related penalty issued to a South Carolina company in more than a year — was largely due to the significant length of time that the Haile operation had gone without adhering to environmental ...
... mine.
Before mining began near the town of Kershaw more than four years ago, Haile officials assured South Carolina residents they would run a state-of-the-art operation that would adhere to environmental ...
Passage
Liam Meisner
Any future government that’s concerned about environmental and human rights issues will have to rein in mining companies operating abroad. Walter Aduviri knows better than anyone ...
... agreement, it requires ratification by each member state of the EU, which is likely to take more than a year.
4. Conclusion In conclusion, 2021 is shaping up to be another busy year for Latin America ...
... of the initial validity of the 25-year FTAA, OGPI has suspended the company’s operation for more than a year now and has been working with the national government for its renewal possibly for another 25 ...
... financial and technical assistance agreement (FTAA) is set for renewal. Led by its overall chieftain Rosario Camma, more than 6,000 individuals belonging to the Bugkalot-Ilongot tribe has earlier appealed ...